VOV.VN - More than 1,000 foreign and local exhibitors are expected to attend the Vietnam Saigon Textile & Garment Industry Expo (SaigonTex & SaigonFabric 2024), which will run from April 10 to April 13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality and largest financial centre in Vietnam, is speeding up procedures to build three more metro lines with a total capital of more than US$5 billion alongside the two ongoing Metro lines No.1 and No.2.

After two routes to Shanghai and Chengdu, Vietjet will open a direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and Xi'an (China) from April 29, becoming the airline flying directly from Vietnam to the ancient capital of Xi'an.

The Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Tourism is holding tourism promotion activities in Vietnam from April 4 to 7 during the first time this landlocked country takes part in the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival.

VOV.VN - Myriads of substantial discounts on both tour packages and air tickets are available for those keen to travel during the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City tourism festival, which opened on April 4 at September 23 Park in District 1.

VOV.VN - A series of tourism businesses, food service providers, shopping malls, and entertainment facilities in Ho Chi Minh City will team up together to offer nearly 200,000 vouchers, with a total discount value of up to VND50 billion, in an effort to realise the 2024 HCM City tourism stimulus programme.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is set to hold several firework displays across the city between 9 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. on April 30 as part of celebrations to mark 49 years of Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day.

Ho Chi Minh City’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) was estimated at over VND406.34 trillion (US$16.34 billion) in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 6.54%, the highest growth recorded for Q1 since 2020, heard a meeting of the municipal People’s Committee on April 2.

VOV.VN - Despite the international situation continuing to face unpredictable fluctuations and difficulties in terms of imports and exports in the first quarter of this year, Ho Chi Minh City’s economy has seen positive development, with an average GRDP higher than the entire country, businesses having new orders, and tourism growth being recorded.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on March 30 held a ceremony to receive the certificate of membership of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities.